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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 1098314" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>There shouldn't be personal hostility towards Foster. I've not heard him say anything unreasonable (like an Eddie Jones) and it's not his fault he was hired. It's a proper old pickle the union have manufactured for themselves. </p><p></p><p>His selection was an error </p><p>His contract extension was an error (having wracked up losses to all TRC teams in his short tenure)</p><p>Retaining him after the Ireland series was an error however...</p><p></p><p>Getting rid of the assistants was in theory a reasonable option and giving two games in South Africa as a last throw of the dice is also reasonable. Reports are they'll make a decision on Foster this week. To fire him in the same week as a win in the World Champs back yard will look laughable. </p><p></p><p>If they give him until the end of the TRC, he wins the next four games and they fire him it'll look absurd, even if they look unconvincing against Pumas and Wallabies sides that seem well below their historic bests. If they give him the EOYTs then you are pretty much too late to change coach.</p><p></p><p>A complete mess of their own creation. At this precise moment in time their least worst option seems to be to swallow their pride, fire him and accept looking like a laughing stock for the crazy timing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 1098314, member: 74121"] There shouldn't be personal hostility towards Foster. I've not heard him say anything unreasonable (like an Eddie Jones) and it's not his fault he was hired. It's a proper old pickle the union have manufactured for themselves. His selection was an error His contract extension was an error (having wracked up losses to all TRC teams in his short tenure) Retaining him after the Ireland series was an error however... Getting rid of the assistants was in theory a reasonable option and giving two games in South Africa as a last throw of the dice is also reasonable. Reports are they'll make a decision on Foster this week. To fire him in the same week as a win in the World Champs back yard will look laughable. If they give him until the end of the TRC, he wins the next four games and they fire him it'll look absurd, even if they look unconvincing against Pumas and Wallabies sides that seem well below their historic bests. If they give him the EOYTs then you are pretty much too late to change coach. A complete mess of their own creation. At this precise moment in time their least worst option seems to be to swallow their pride, fire him and accept looking like a laughing stock for the crazy timing. [/QUOTE]
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